4G Waverley Wiki - Rocks and Minerals Scavenger Hunt

Rock and Mineral’s Scavenger Hunt – Grade 4 Science

How are igneous rocks formed?
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/igneous.htm

What is “chemical” weathering?
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/rocks/cycle/stage1.htm

Name and give a description of a mineral that is an 8 on Moh’s Hardness Scale
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/mohs.html

What are the most important characteristics that geologists look at?
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0001-the-lithosphere.php

What kind of luster do most minerals have?
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/minerals/detect/lustre.htm

What happens when the skeleton of a fossil dissolves?
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/intro/form.htm

Metamorphic rocks are recognized by (4 points)
http://mineralogy4kids.org/rkcycle/typeofrock.html

What is a ‘wind cave’ made of?
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/erosional_caves/erosional.html

What are ‘cobbles’?
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/PebblesSandandSilt/activities/findearthmaterials.html

What is the chorus of the Rock Cycle Karaoke song?
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-‐minerals-‐ landforms/sedimentary-‐rocks.htm